to whip
- verb
- /wɪp/
- He raised his hand and whipped the ball across the court with incredible speed.
- whip and beat
- whip and kick
- whip and paddle
The captain apparently wants to catch this person, comes out, whips him in the face.
- The captain apparently wants to catch this person, comes out, whips him in the face.
- Everything in my body tells me to whip your ass right here, right now.
- Looking back, my greatest fear growing up was that the older boys were going to whip my ass, you know what I mean?
- And so all of these boys like to use all their full strength to whip the ball.
- Listen, if it's going well, if it's working, remember to feed the horse and not whip it.
- And he said one day he went into the bathroom and he put needles into a belt and he whipped himself with it.
- Yes, when you got out, I guess whipping, I mean verbally abusive, physically abusive.
- You used to, like, whip them in, like, like what's BDSMADASMR social?
- You know you should, for I've been forced to whip you many times that you and you alone are responsible.
Examples
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Why do you not whip me?
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Take hence this Jack, and whip him.
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He will whip her with it.
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You need your ass whipped.
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If it weren't for these kids I would whip your butt!
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He'd been brought back to be whipped but not killed.
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The teacher had to whip the class into shape to prepare them for the exam.
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After receiving harsh feedback, she felt like she had been whipped by criticism.
Synonyms
To hit someone or something with an open hand
To hit a child's bottom with an open hand to punish them
To beat or punish someone very badly
Punish or hurt someone to get revenge
To hit something forcefully with a whip
To hit someone hard with a whip or rod
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
To beat someone with a long thin stick as punishment
Hit someone with the handle or barrel of a gun
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment
To hit someone with a flat board as punishment
To hit yourself or another person with a whip as punishment, often for religious reasons
To whip someone as punishment for religious reasons
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
To hit someone with a long leather strap used to guide horses
To beat someone severely with a whip
To hit someone as a punishment, for example by spanking
To hit someone and make a raised red mark on their skin
Hit someone many times so they become badly hurt
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Slang
To quickly fill in forms without checking details, often by writing false information
Compounds
- Archaic
A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned
- Literature
A person in a political party who makes sure members attend and vote as leaders want
- Archaic
A person who performs skilled whip tricks in rodeos or who is very strict about rules
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Whip as a verb comes from an old English word meaning 'to move quickly' or 'to strike', so to whip someone or something is to hit or move it with a sudden, strong motion.